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Kay-Therm (Keasbey & Mattison)

Documents in our library describe Kay-Therm (Keasbey & Mattison) as “block and pipe covering”.1 They give it as made until 1962.2 It was rated for temperatures up to 1350 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Kay-Therm (Keasbey & Mattison) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)

  • Form: “Block and Pipe Covering”, p. 781
  • Description: “Hydrous calcium silicate reinforced with a small amount of asbestos fibers. Good compressive strength. Rigid.”, p. 781
  • Asbestos content: “Hydrous calcium silicate reinforced with a small amount of asbestos fibers”, p. 781
  • Temperature limit: “Atmos to 1350”, p. 781

Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981

  • Made until: “62”, p. 222
  • Form: “PIPECOVER,BLOCK”, p. 222

Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995)

  • Use: “qualified under Military Specification MIL-I-2781 Insulation Pipe Covering, Thermal” (as of 1962), p. 723
  • Made at: “Keasbey & Mattison Co. Ambler, Pa. Plant: Same address” (as of 1962), p. 723

Kind of product

We list Kay-Therm (Keasbey & Mattison) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.

Other pipe covering and block insulation by Keasbey & Mattison (12)

Duplex · K&M Best in Asbestos · 85 Magnesia · Best Felt · Hy Temp · Non-sweat · Aircell · Featherweight · K & M · K & M Aircell · Simplex Super Shrink · Zebra

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (264)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · K-12 Cal Sil (Combustion Engineering) · K-20 (Combustion Engineering) · K-fac (U.S. Gypsum) · K-fac 19 (U.S. Gypsum) · Kaiser M. (Combustion Engineering) · Kalfelt (Atlas Asbestos) · Kalsil (Atlas Asbestos) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Kaylo 10 (Owens-Corning) · Kaylo 20 (Owens-Corning) · Kaylo-klad (Owens-Corning) · Kaytherm (Nicolet) · Lasco (Lynch Asbestos) · Lennolite (Philip Carey) · LK (AC&S) · and 244 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

See also

References

  1. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
  2. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 22.
  3. Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995) (May 1, 1962), p. 72.

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